Sweet potato production by country

Sweet potato production is measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
118
Highest
51.35 million tonnes
China
Lowest
0 tonnes
Bahrain
Median
38,723 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
6,871

What the numbers show

Sweet potato production is currently reported for 118 countries. The highest value is 51.35 million tonnes in China; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Bahrain.

The median across all reporting countries is 38,723 tonnes, and the mean is 771,329 tonnes.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 2,302.7%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).

Sweet potato production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 51.35 million tonnes 2024 down 7.9% falling
2 Malawi 7.98 million tonnes 2024 up 89.6% rising
3 Nigeria 4.09 million tonnes 2024 up 9.5% volatile
4 Tanzania 2.23 million tonnes 2024 down 36.4% volatile
5 Angola 2.12 million tonnes 2024 up 10.1% volatile
6 Indonesia 1.48 million tonnes 2024 down 37.9% falling
7 Rwanda 1.40 million tonnes 2024 up 48.6% rising
8 India 1.31 million tonnes 2024 up 20.0% falling
9 Madagascar 1.30 million tonnes 2024 up 13.8% volatile
10 Ethiopia 1.19 million tonnes 2024 down 58.1% volatile
11 United States 1.12 million tonnes 2024 down 16.6% rising
12 Uganda 1.03 million tonnes 2024 down 43.5% rising
13 Vietnam 972,890 tonnes 2024 down 30.6% flat
14 Brazil 970,050 tonnes 2024 up 84.5% volatile
15 Burundi 944,229 tonnes 2024 up 42.2% rising
16 Kenya 862,724 tonnes 2024 up 13.0% volatile
17 Papua New Guinea 732,422 tonnes 2024 up 9.5% rising
18 Japan 717,000 tonnes 2024 down 19.1% volatile
19 Cameroon 633,125 tonnes 2024 up 74.3% volatile
20 Democratic Republic of Congo 625,963 tonnes 2024 up 31.0% rising
21 Mali 614,079 tonnes 2024 up 60.7% volatile
22 North Korea 576,338 tonnes 2024 up 46.4% volatile
23 Philippines 504,411 tonnes 2024 down 3.0% falling
24 Mozambique 502,352 tonnes 2024 down 0.1% volatile
25 Egypt 443,511 tonnes 2024 up 30.8% volatile
26 Guinea 363,807 tonnes 2024 up 58.4% volatile
27 Niger 314,757 tonnes 2024 up 287.2% volatile
28 South Korea 314,426 tonnes 2024 down 2.4% volatile
29 Bangladesh 302,073 tonnes 2024 up 16.4% falling
30 Peru 293,211 tonnes 2024 up 5.4% rising
31 Sudan 278,269 tonnes 2024 up 20.5% rising
32 Sierra Leone 254,823 tonnes 2024 up 26.7% volatile
33 Cuba 237,790 tonnes 2024 down 53.6% rising
34 Chad 232,300 tonnes 2024 up 62.8% volatile
35 Zimbabwe 215,604 tonnes 2024 down 35.7% volatile
36 Taiwan 212,360 tonnes 2024 down 9.6% volatile
37 Ghana 142,676 tonnes 2024 up 3.2% rising
38 Laos 138,700 tonnes 2024 up 72.5% volatile
39 Burkina Faso 115,507 tonnes 2024 up 206.1% volatile
40 Senegal 114,742 tonnes 2024 up 202.7% volatile
41 Benin 112,413 tonnes 2024 up 71.7% rising
42 Solomon Islands 109,115 tonnes 2024 up 6.6% rising
43 Argentina 108,309 tonnes 2024 down 36.9% falling
44 Haiti 104,500 tonnes 2024 down 79.5% falling
45 Equatorial Guinea 102,398 tonnes 2024 up 12.4% volatile
46 Dominican Republic 92,467 tonnes 2024 up 106.3% falling
47 Australia 89,203 tonnes 2024 up 18.5% volatile
48 Zambia 83,542 tonnes 2024 down 44.4% volatile
49 Uruguay 82,000 tonnes 2024 up 9.3% rising
50 South Africa 70,564 tonnes 2024 up 12.8% rising
51 Mexico 66,732 tonnes 2024 up 59.9% falling
52 Cote d'Ivoire 63,100 tonnes 2024 up 27.9% rising
53 Spain 62,302 tonnes 2017 up 179.8% volatile
54 Myanmar 60,674 tonnes 2024 down 0.3% volatile
55 Jamaica 55,056 tonnes 2024 up 39.7% rising
56 Paraguay 51,532 tonnes 2024 down 0.9% falling
57 Malaysia 50,583 tonnes 2024 down 1.7% volatile
58 Sri Lanka 49,825 tonnes 2024 down 1.0% volatile
59 Cambodia 39,283 tonnes 2024 down 27.7% rising
60 Guinea-Bissau 38,162 tonnes 2024 up 0.6% flat
61 Honduras 28,629 tonnes 2024 up 89.7% volatile
62 Liberia 24,679 tonnes 2024 up 6.4% rising
63 Portugal 23,206 tonnes 2017 down 10.7% falling
64 Venezuela 22,666 tonnes 2024 up 21.6% volatile
65 Guyana 22,066 tonnes 2024 up 74.7% volatile
66 Israel 17,426 tonnes 2024 down 45.3% volatile
67 Chile 15,599 tonnes 2024 up 8.7% rising
68 Fiji 12,731 tonnes 2024 up 48.4% volatile
69 New Zealand 11,891 tonnes 2024 down 14.0% rising
70 Morocco 11,032 tonnes 2024 down 32.8% volatile
71 Comoros 10,672 tonnes 2024 down 18.8% falling
72 Congo 9,464 tonnes 2024 up 10.5% falling
73 Somalia 8,843 tonnes 2024 up 8.1% rising
74 Italy 8,494 tonnes 2017 up 6.4% falling
75 Tonga 6,640 tonnes 2024 up 1.8% falling
76 Togo 6,374 tonnes 2024 down 44.6% volatile
77 Mauritania 5,313 tonnes 2024 up 1.4% rising
78 East Timor 4,825 tonnes 2024 down 18.3% falling
79 Bolivia 4,635 tonnes 2024 up 0.2% falling
80 Guatemala 4,565 tonnes 2024 up 2,302.7% volatile
81 Pakistan 4,390 tonnes 2024 down 63.8% rising
82 Ecuador 4,207 tonnes 2024 up 11.3% volatile
84 Gabon 3,901 tonnes 2024 down 0.1% rising
85 Micronesia (country) 3,120 tonnes 2024 down 0.1% flat
86 Mauritius 3,062 tonnes 2024 up 292.6% volatile
87 Palestine 2,929 tonnes 2022 down 21.6% falling
88 Eswatini 2,821 tonnes 2024 up 13.5% volatile
89 Dominica 2,357 tonnes 2024 down 28.3% volatile
90 Cape Verde 2,275 tonnes 2024 down 74.1% volatile
91 Greece 2,153 tonnes 2017 down 40.5% volatile
92 Barbados 1,993 tonnes 2024 up 61.8% volatile
93 Bahamas 1,812 tonnes 2024 up 4.8% volatile
94 Costa Rica 1,764 tonnes 2024 up 194.0% volatile
95 Botswana 1,088 tonnes 2024 up 36.0% volatile
96 El Salvador 764.75 tonnes 2024 up 4.6% rising
97 Reunion 760 tonnes 2006 up 1,281.8% volatile
98 New Caledonia 644.1 tonnes 2024 up 37.9% volatile
99 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 643 tonnes 2024 down 79.4% volatile
101 Suriname 594.88 tonnes 2024 up 19.2% volatile
102 Grenada 522.93 tonnes 2024 down 51.9% volatile
103 Saint Lucia 405.07 tonnes 2024 down 43.4% falling
104 Yemen 322.06 tonnes 2024 up 2.3% volatile
105 Trinidad and Tobago 308 tonnes 2024 down 83.9% volatile
106 Cook Islands 299.22 tonnes 2024 down 2.2% volatile
107 Brunei 286.37 tonnes 2024 up 5.1% volatile
108 Puerto Rico 267.07 tonnes 2024 down 4.1% volatile
109 Panama 260.03 tonnes 2024 down 47.5% falling
110 Niue 251.87 tonnes 2024 up 0.6% falling
111 Belize 207 tonnes 2024 up 213.6% volatile
112 Saint Kitts and Nevis 176.94 tonnes 2024 up 27.3% rising
113 Antigua and Barbuda 151.05 tonnes 2024 down 44.4% rising
114 French Polynesia 143.42 tonnes 2024 up 3.9% flat
115 Hong Kong 60.75 tonnes 2024 down 11.3% volatile
116 Bhutan 44.1 tonnes 2024 down 45.0% volatile
117 Kuwait 32.11 tonnes 2024 down 48.2% falling
118 Maldives 3.33 tonnes 2024 down 73.4% volatile
119 Singapore 0.12 tonnes 2024 down 63.6% volatile
120 Bahrain 0 tonnes 1996 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Sweet potato production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 6,871 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Sweet potato production is measured in tonnes.